Managers of Wealth Offshore

Guide To Insolvent Liquidations In Bermuda

A number of separate procedures are available to various interested parties upon the insolvency of a company in Bermuda.

Philippe Couillard legally deposited money in an off-shore account

Liberal Leader Philippe Couillard put $600,000 he earned in the 1990s in an offshore bank account in the Channel Islands, reveals a report by Radio-Canada's investigative team Enquête.

Account problems cloud Hong Kong hub hopes

Controversially, banks including HSBC and Standard Chartered are rejecting companies and trusts registered in the British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands, say senior executives at Hong Kong corporate services companies

Barbados: T&T central bank governor: Caricom trade policy ‘nonsense’

Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados Dr DeLisle Worrell has made it clear he is not a fan of the wholesale free movement of people in Caricom.

Guernsey And AIFMD: Offering The Best Of Both Worlds

Fiona Le Poidevin explains why Guernsey provides an excellent platform for AIFMD compliant investments in Europe with all the options available to a financial centre outside the EU.

Prestigious award honours Ramsey Crookall Director's compliance work

This was a new category for the Awards

How Gibraltar can unlock regulation concerns

EU domicile is key to supporting AIFMD regulation

Mauritius has 'missed the boat' on Islamic finance

This is in line with the Mauritius central bank's role as a founding member of the Malaysia-based International Islamic Liquidity Management Corp, a body backed by central banks from the Middle East, Asia and Africa.

Guide To International Business Companies In Seychelles

The Seychelles' statute law on companies is contained in the Companies Ordinance

Gibraltar’s financial services centre rebrands, restructures

The overhaul of the Gibraltar government’s financial services framework has been taking place without much fanfare or notice, apart from occasional, seemingly unrelated announcements that have received little coverage outside Gibraltar and southern

The Offshore Top 30, 2014: The byteback begins

After the activity lull last year, offshore firms have regrouped and come out fighting with state-of-the-art technology that takes client service to a new level

Isle of Man Downgraded by S&P on Offshore Finance Vulnerability

The Isle of Man was downgraded by Standard & Poor’s because the ratings company said the offshore financial center is vulnerable to growing regulatory pressure.

Labuan FSA Issues New Guidelines for Labuan Insurers; Revises Guidelines on Fit and Proper Person Requirements and Labuan Fund Managers

The revised guidelines were issued on 11 February 2014 and will come into effect on 1 January 2015.

Jersey Finance comments on the OECD new single global standard on automatic exchange of information

“These reforms are a platform for mobilising money transparently and allowing greater global investment, which we strongly welcome”.

Cayman Islands tax 'one of the best regulated in world'

The Premier of the Cayman Islands, Alden McLaughlin, has told the BBC the territory has one of the best regulated tax systems in the world.

JFSC publishes feedback on miscellaneous amendments to Regulatory Legislation

The limited number of respondents to the consultation were generally supportive of the proposed amendments and no substantive changes to the form of the draft legislation consulted upon have been considered necessary as a result of the comments received.

Regulation, Risk & Compliance